Question 1

At a secret conference aboard a warship in the North Atlantic Ocean, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agreed on the principles of

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A)   national self-determination of peoples.
B)   international arms control.
C)   neutrality.
D)   collective security.
E)   creating a new international organization.F) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 2

The Atlantic Charter signed by the United States and Britain in August 1941 called for

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A)   an American-British military alliance.
B)   the United States to enter World War II by December 1941.
C)   an end to the British and French colonial empires.
D)   the establishment of democracy around the world.
E)   national self-determination and a new League of Nations.F) C) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A)  fall of France, (B)  Atlantic Charter, (C)  Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

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A)   B, A, C
B)   A, B, C
C)   C, B, A
D)   A, C, B
E)   C, A, BF) A) and B)
G) All of the above

Question 4

After the destroyer Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk,

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A)   Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act.
B)   the United States Navy began escorting merchant vessels carrying lend-lease shipments.
C)   Congress authorized the arming of American merchant ships.
D)   Congress forbade United States ships to enter combat zones.
E)   Roosevelt told the public that war was imminent.F) All of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 5

The thrust of Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policies in the early 1930s indicated that

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A)   restoring international order and expanding trade was a high priority.
B)   America wanted to assert political domination over the Western hemisphere.
C)   the United States no longer sought to be a major world power.
D)   America wanted to end its alliance with Britain and France.
E)   the focus of American interests would be in East Asia rather than Europe.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 6

On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a large majority of Americans

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A)   had begun to question whether aid to Britain was worth the risk of war.
B)   still wanted to keep the United States out of war.
C)   had accepted the idea that America would soon enter the war.
D)   were unwilling to fight to stop Japan's conquests in East Asia.
E)   were ready to fight Germany but not Japan.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 7

The first casualty of the 1939 Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty was

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A)   Poland.
B)   Czechoslovakia.
C)   Austria.
D)   Belgium.
E)   the Jews.F) None of the above
G) A) and B) A

Question 8

Arrange these events in chronological order: (A)  Munich Conference, (B)  German invasion of Poland, (C)  Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty.

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A)   A, C, B
B)   B, C, A
C)   C, B, A
D)   C, A, B
E)   A, B, CF) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 9

Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union,

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A)   Britain and France signed a similar agreement.
B)   the Soviets attacked China.
C)   Germany invaded Poland and started World War II.
D)   Italy signed a similar agreement with the Soviets.
E)   the Germans invaded Finland.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following nations was not conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?

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A)   Norway
B)   the Netherlands
C)   France
D)   Poland
E)   FinlandF) A) and B)
G) A) and C) E

Question 11

In proclaiming the Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, Franklin Roosevelt

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A)   withdrew American forces from northern Mexico.
B)   promised future independence for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
C)   promised to expand American aid and investment in Latin America.
D)   effectively repudiated the Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
E)   sought commitments from the Latin American nations to resist communist or fascist revolutions.F) All of the above
G) None of the above

Question 12

All of the following factors contributed to the weakness and lateness of America's efforts to aid Europe's threatened Jews except

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A)   the belief that most Jews would be better off migrating to Israel.
B)   the opposition of Southern Democrats in Congress.
C)   the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924.
D)   fear that a flood of Jewish refugees would add to unemployment during the Depression.
E)   the reluctance of Secretary of State Cordell Hull.F) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 13

Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy

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A)   created tensions with Britain and Spain, which both had interests in Latin America.
B)   failed to reverse the drift toward fascism in Latin America.
C)   was greeted with suspicion among many Latin Americans.
D)   enabled the United States to establish military bases in Central America and the Caribbean.
E)   began to overturn longstanding Latin American resentment of the United States.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 14

Franklin Roosevelt sabotaged the London Economic Conference of 1933 because

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A)   its members insisted on rigid adherence to the gold standard.
B)   he believed that stabilizing national currencies might hurt America's recovery from depression.
C)   he saw economic agreements as devices to get the United States into the League of Nations.
D)   the Conference refused to deal with the issue of lowering German war reparations.
E)   it was dominated by British and Swiss bankers.F) All of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 15

In May 1938, the Jewish refugee ship St. Louis arrived in Miami from Hamburg after being sent away from Havana, Cuba. Here, the Jewish refugees

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A)   were denied embarkation.
B)   raised public awareness for the plight of Europe's Jews.
C)   were processed like any other immigrants.
D)   were drafted into the U.S. Army.
E)   faced a hostile protest of German-Americans.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 16

In 1938 the British and French bought peace with Hitler at the Munich Conference at the expense of

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A)   Poland.
B)   the free city of Danzig.
C)   Austria.
D)   Belgium.
E)   Czechoslovakia.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 17

By 1940 American public opinion had come to favor

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A)   taking control of defeated France's overseas colonies.
B)   forming an alliance with the Soviet Union to resist Germany and Italy.
C)   permitting U.S. volunteers to fight in Britain.
D)   maintaining strict neutrality.
E)   providing Britain with "all aid short of war."F) B) and E)
G) A) and D) E

Question 18

Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____,Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.

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A)   Egypt; France; Poland
B)   Albania; Italy; Austria
C)   Ethiopia; Czechoslovakia; Spain
D)   Belgium; the Soviet Union; France
E)   Ethiopia; Norway; PortugalF) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 19

As part of his Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, President Roosevelt

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A)   abandoned the Monroe Doctrine.
B)   withdrew American marines from Haiti.
C)   returned the Canal Zone to Panama.
D)   returned the Guantanamo naval base to Cuban control.
E)   promised to grant Puerto Rico its independence by 1946.F) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 20

The essential principle of totalitarianism that united both left-wing communism and right-wing fascism was

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A)   a belief in the historic destiny of the working class.
B)   an opposition to the religions of Christianity and Judaism.
C)   the glorification of the state and disregard for the individual and his rights.
D)   the doctrine of white racial superiority.
E)   belief in warfare as a means of promoting national unity.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Exam 34: Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War

At a secret conference aboard a warship in the North Atlantic Ocean, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill agreed on the principles of

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The Atlantic Charter signed by the United States and Britain in August 1941 called for

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Arrange the following events in chronological order: (A) fall of France, (B) Atlantic Charter, (C) Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union.

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After the destroyer Greer was fired upon, the Kearny crippled, and the Reuben James sunk,

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The thrust of Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policies in the early 1930s indicated that

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On the eve of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, a large majority of Americans

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The first casualty of the 1939 Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty was

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Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Munich Conference, (B) German invasion of Poland, (C) Hitler-Stalin nonaggression treaty.

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Shortly after Adolf Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union,

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Which of the following nations was not conquered by Hitler's Germany between September 1939 and June 1940?

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In proclaiming the Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, Franklin Roosevelt

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All of the following factors contributed to the weakness and lateness of America's efforts to aid Europe's threatened Jews except

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Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy

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Franklin Roosevelt sabotaged the London Economic Conference of 1933 because

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In May 1938, the Jewish refugee ship St. Louis arrived in Miami from Hamburg after being sent away from Havana, Cuba. Here, the Jewish refugees

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In 1938 the British and French bought peace with Hitler at the Munich Conference at the expense of

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By 1940 American public opinion had come to favor

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Fascist aggression in the 1930s included Mussolini's invasion of ____,Hitler's invasion of ____, and Franco's overthrow of the republican government of ____.

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As part of his Good Neighbor policy toward Latin America, President Roosevelt

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The essential principle of totalitarianism that united both left-wing communism and right-wing fascism was

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